Kalata Yotsegulira kwa Prime Minister waku Canada, Wolemba Osayina Pansipa, Disembala 13, 2021
Re: Zida Zomwe Zikupitilira Kutumiza ku Saudi Arabia
Wokondedwa Prime Minister Trudeau,
Omwe adasaina, omwe akuyimira gawo lazantchito zaku Canada, zowongolera zida, zotsutsana ndi nkhondo, ufulu wachibadwidwe, chitetezo chapadziko lonse lapansi, ndi mabungwe ena aboma, akulemba kubwereza kutsutsa kwathu komwe tikupitilizabe kuti boma lanu lipereke chilolezo chotumizira zida kunja kwa zida zopita ku Saudi Arabia. . Tikulemba lero kuwonjezera pamakalata a Marichi 2019, Ogasiti 2019, Epulo 2020 ndi Seputembara 2020 momwe mabungwe athu angapo adafotokoza nkhawa zakuzama, zamalamulo, zaufulu wachibadwidwe komanso zachifundo zomwe zikuchitika ku Canada kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia. Tili ndi chisoni kuti, mpaka pano, sitinalandirepo yankho lililonse pamadandaulowa kuchokera kwa inu kapena nduna za nduna za boma pankhaniyi. Mwachidule, tikunong'oneza bondo kuti Canada imadzipeza ikuphwanya mapangano ake olamulira zida zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Chiyambireni kulowerera motsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen koyambirira kwa 2015, Canada idatumiza zida za $ 7.8 biliyoni ku Saudi Arabia. Gawo lalikulu la kusamutsidwa kumeneku kunachitika dziko la Canada la Seputembala 2019 litalowa m'pangano la Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Kusanthula kwathunthu kwa mabungwe a mabungwe aku Canada kwawonetsa kuti kusamutsidwa kumeneku kukuphwanya udindo wa Canada pansi pa ATT, chifukwa cha milandu yodziwika bwino ya nkhanza za Saudi kwa nzika zake komanso anthu aku Yemen. Komabe, Saudi Arabia ikadali malo akulu kwambiri ku Canada omwe si a US potumiza zida kunja kwa malire. Mwamanyazi, Canada idatchulidwa kawiri ndi Gulu la UN la Akatswiri Odziwika ku Yemen ngati amodzi mwa mayiko angapo omwe akuthandiza kulimbikitsa mkanganowu popitiliza kupereka zida ku Saudi Arabia.
Bungwe la UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), lomwe dziko la Canada lidavomereza mu 2011, limafotokoza momveka bwino kuti mayiko akuyenera kuchitapo kanthu kuti awonetsetse kuti mfundo zomwe zilipo, malamulo, malamulo, ndi kutsata zikugwira ntchito pothana ndi ngozi zomwe zingachitike pabizinesi. kuphwanyidwa kwakukulu kwa ufulu wa anthu ndikuti achitepo kanthu kuti awonetsetse kuti mabizinesi omwe akugwira ntchito m'malo omwe akhudzidwa ndi mikangano azindikira, kupewa ndikuchepetsa kuopsa kwaufulu wa anthu pazantchito zawo komanso maubwenzi awo. Bungwe la UNGP likulimbikitsa mayiko kuti asamalire kwambiri kuopsa kwa makampani omwe amayambitsa nkhanza zokhudzana ndi kugonana kwa amuna ndi akazi.
Canada yawonetsa cholinga chake chofalitsa chikalata chofotokoza mfundo zake zakunja zachikazi, kuti zigwirizane ndi mfundo zomwe zathandizapo pankhani yazachikazi komanso ntchito yake yopititsa patsogolo kufanana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi komanso Agenda ya Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia kumasokoneza kwambiri zoyesayesazi ndipo sizikugwirizana kwenikweni ndi mfundo zakunja zachikazi. Boma la Canada lalankhula momasuka za momwe amayi ndi magulu ena omwe ali pachiwopsezo kapena ochepa amaponderezedwa mwadongosolo ku Saudi Arabia ndipo amakhudzidwa mopanda malire ndi mikangano ku Yemen. Thandizo lachindunji la nkhondo ndi kuponderezana, kupyolera mu kupereka zida, ndizosiyana kwambiri ndi njira yachikazi ku ndondomeko yakunja.
Tikuzindikira kuti kutha kwa zida zankhondo zaku Canada ku Saudi Arabia zidzakhudza ogwira ntchito m'makampani a zida. Choncho tikupempha boma kuti ligwire ntchito limodzi ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito omwe akuimira ogwira ntchito m'makampani opanga zida zankhondo kuti apange ndondomeko yomwe imateteza moyo wa anthu omwe angakhudzidwe ndi kusiya kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia. Chofunika kwambiri, izi zikupereka mwayi woganizira njira yosinthira chuma kuti achepetse kudalira kwa Canada pa malonda otumiza zida kunja, makamaka pakakhala chiopsezo chodziwikiratu komanso chogwiritsidwa ntchito molakwika, monga momwe zilili ndi Saudi Arabia.
Mayiko angapo akhazikitsa zoletsa zosiyanasiyana zotumizira zida ku Saudi Arabia, kuphatikiza Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, ndi Sweden. Norway ndi Denmark zasiya kupereka zida ku boma la Saudi. Ngakhale kuti dziko la Canada limadzinenera kuti lili ndi zida zamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, zowona zikuwonetsa zosiyana.
Ndife okhumudwanso kuti boma lanu silinatulutse zidziwitso zilizonse zokhudzana ndi gulu laupangiri wautali wa zida zomwe zidalengezedwa ndi Minister Champagne ndi Morneau pafupifupi chaka chimodzi ndi theka lapitalo. Ngakhale kuti pali maulendo angapo kuti athandize kukonza ndondomekoyi - yomwe ingakhale njira yabwino yopititsira patsogolo kutsatiridwa ndi ATT - mabungwe a anthu akhalabe kunja kwa ndondomekoyi. Mofananamo, sitinawonenso zambiri zokhudza kulengeza kwa Atumiki kuti Canada idzatsogolera zokambirana za mayiko osiyanasiyana pofuna kulimbikitsa kutsatiridwa ndi ATT pofuna kukhazikitsa ulamuliro woyendera mayiko.
Prime Minister, kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia kumalepheretsa nkhani yaku Canada yokhudza ufulu wa anthu. Zili zosemphana ndi zomwe Canada ili ndi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Amakhala pachiwopsezo chachikulu chogwiritsidwa ntchito pakuphwanya kwakukulu kwa malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi othandizira anthu kapena ufulu wachibadwidwe, kuthandizira milandu yayikulu ya nkhanza za amuna kapena akazi, kapena nkhanza zina, ku Saudi Arabia kapena mkangano ku Yemen. Canada iyenera kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zodziyimira pawokha ndikuthetsa kusamutsa magalimoto onyamula zida zopepuka kupita ku Saudi Arabia nthawi yomweyo.
modzipereka,
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Canada
Amnesty International Canada (Nthambi ya Chingerezi)
Amnistie internationale Canada francophone
Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI)
Association pour la Taxation des Transactions financières et pour l'Action Citoyenne (ATTAC- Québec)
Bungwe la BC Government and Service Employees 'Union (BCGEU)
Bungwe Laku Canada Zakunja
Komiti Yoyang'anira Mabwenzi ku Canada (Quaker)
Canadian Labor Congress - Congrès du travail du Canada (CLC-CTC)
Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union - Syndicat canadien des employées et employés professionnels et de ofesi (COPE-SEPB)
Kagulu ka Pugwash ku Canada
Canadian Union of Postal Workers - Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (CUPW-STTP)
Canadian Union of Public Employees - Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (CUPE- SCFP)
CUPE Ontario
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Anthu aku Canada aku Justice ndi Mtendere ku Middle East
Center d'éducation et d'action des femmes de Montréal (CÉAF)
Center Justice et foi (CJF)
Collectif Échec à la guerre
Collective des femmes chrétiennes et féministes L'autre Parole
Comité de Solidarité/Trois-Rivières
Commission sur l'altermondialisation et la solidarité internationale de Québec solidaire (QS)
Confédération des syndicats nationalaux (CSN)
Conseil central du Montréal metropolitain - CSN
Bungwe la Canada
Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN)
Femmes en movement, Bonaventure, Québec
Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)
Ntchito Yotuluka Dzuwa
Green Left-Gauche verte
Mgwirizano wa Hamilton Oletsa Nkhondo
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group – Coalition pour la surveillance internationale des libertés civiles (ICLMG/CSILC)
Basi Komiti Yamtendere-BC
Ntchito Yogwirizana Ndi Zida Zankhondo
Les AmiEs de la Terre de Québec
Les Artistes pour la paix
Ligue des droits et libertés (LDL)
L'R des centers de femmes du Québec
Médecins du Monde Canada
National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
Oxfam Canada
Oxfam Quebec
Komiti ya Peace and Social Concers Committee ya Ottawa Quaker Meeting
People for Peace, London
Mapulala a Ntchito
Public Service Alliance of Canada - Alliance de la Fonction publique de Canada (PSAC- AFPC)
Quebec solidaire (QS)
Zipembedzo zimatsanulira la Paix - Québec
Chipatala cha Rideau
Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste
Sœurs Auxilatrices
Zolemba za Bon-Conseil de Montréal
Solidarité Laurentides Amérique centrale (SLAM)
Solidarité populaire Estrie (SPE)
Syndicat des chargées et chargés de cours de l'Université Laval (SCCCUL)
United Steelworkers Union (USW) - Syndicat des Metallos
Bungwe la Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Canada
World BEYOND War
cc: Mwa. Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Mary Ng, Nduna ya Zamalonda Padziko Lonse, Kukwezeleza Mauthenga Akunja, Mabizinesi Ang'onoang'ono ndi Kutukula Zachuma
Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Wachiwiri kwa Prime Minister komanso Minister of Finance Hon. Erin O'Toole, Mtsogoleri wa Official Opposition
Yves-François Blanchet, Mtsogoleri wa Bloc Québécois Jagmeet Singh, Mtsogoleri wa New Democratic Party ku Canada
Michael Chong, Conservative Party ya Canada Foreign Affairs Critic Stéphane Bergeron, Bloc Québécois Foreign Affairs Critic
Heather McPherson, New Democratic Party ya Canada Foreign Affairs Critic